It might be wise for Auburn this week to practice with 15 players on defense instead of 11. And have about seven guys blitz at once.

Because that’s what Auburn offensive coordinator Al Borges expects LSU to do in Saturday afternoon’s meeting of top-10 teams at Auburn.

"They are going to blitz you from every different angle with darn near anybody that has cleats on," Borges said. "They’ll come from the short side, the wide side, they’ll come up the middle. It’ll be any down and distance."

All Borges had to do was watch LSU’s 45-3 demolition of Arizona last weekend. On the game’s first play, LSU defensive end Tyson Jackson leveled Arizona starting quarterback Willie Tuitama. While Jackson was called for a late hit, Tuitama looked so disoriented he should have been book for a QUI – quarterbacking under the influence.

"It looked like he might have had a concussion," Arizona coach Mike Stoops said. "I don’t know, but he wasn’t in sync again. He’s been struggling, and a team like LSU can really get the quarterback."

LSU has gone 14 quarters without allowing a touchdown to an opposing offense, which is the longest such streak in the nation. The last offense to reach the end zone against LSU was Georgia in the second quarter of its 34-14 win in the SEC championship game last season.

The LSU defense of second-year coordinator Bo Pelini is the first since former coach Charles McClendon’s first defense in 1962 to hold a team without a touchdown of any kind in three consecutive games (dating back to last season’s Peach Bowl).

"We feel really good," said defensive end Chase Pittman, who had one of LSU’s three sacks. "Our defense is strong, fast and getting in the right places at the right time. We just make plays."

Looking for points

In Fayetteville and Tuscaloosa, the least visited sites so far this season are the end zones. Arkansas’ offense looked rather mundane in a 20-0 win over Utah State, as new offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn chose to stick to a successful running game rather than let new starting quarterback Mitch Mustain launch passes all over the joint. "We’re striving for balance, but the whole goal is to win the game," Arkansas coach Houston Nutt said. "That’s the bottom line. It’s not about (it being) his (Malzahn’s offense) or this or that. It’s ours, and what’s best is a good running game with a good passing attack with no-huddle with a mixture of screens and draws and delays, all the things we believe in, that we feel like gives our team the best chance to win. It’s not the division (on the coaching staff) that everybody tries to create. It’s not that at all. It’s a team thing, and our job is to do what’s best for our team."... At Alabama, the Crimson Tide has scored 38 points in its first two games, seventh in the Southeastern Conference and 86th in the country. ‘Bama is awful inside the opposition’s 20-yard line. The Tide is tied for ninth with Arkansas in the SEC with six scores in nine red-zone trips (67 percent). It is also tied for ninth with Vanderbilt in touchdowns with one. The ’Dores are 1-for-1, while Bama has one TD in its nine red-zone visits. "We kind of have a different game plan in the red zone, and we’re struggling with it now," ‘Bama quarterback John Parker Wilson said.

Also looking for points

Unless Kentucky revamps its offense this week, Ole Miss will be more than happy to face a conventional Wildcats’ offensive scheme on Saturday in Lexington. The Rebels have had quite enough trying to stop spread offenses in their first two games against Memphis and Missouri. Mizzou ripped the Rebels for 471 yards total offense. The Tigers’ no-huddle attack had six plays of 20 yards or more and averaged 5.9 yards a snap. ... Since Tulane ranks 115th among 119 in Division 1-A in scoring defense, it’s a good bet this is the week Mississippi State (the only team in Division 1-A yet to score) finally scores its first points of ’06 after being shutout by South Carolina and Auburn. State coach Sylvester Croom felt that his first-time starting quarterback Tray Rutland didn’t play terrible in the 34-0 loss to Auburn. "Tray is going to make some mistakes, but not all the mistakes are on him," Croom said. "The playmakers need to make the plays they are supposed to make."